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A
third of oil reserves,
half of gas reserves and over 80% of current coal reserves globally
should
remain in the ground and not be used before 2050 if global warming is to
stay
below the 2°C target agreed by policy makers, according to new research
by the
UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.

UCL Opinion

Universities sometimes seem to have few political friends — unlike their
debt-laden students. It is not hard to tell why. It is not only that
individuals have the vote and institutions don’t. At times university
leaders give the impression that all they care about is hanging on to
the extra cash that higher fees have generated, even if this means their
graduates face a lifetime of debt and the government has to pick up the
bill for those who never repay their loans in full (and other public
services have to suffer even greater cuts as a result), writes Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education) in The Guardian. More...